Is anyone else panicking about the world news?

[Flip flop]

Yup. I’ve found there’s nothing like the news to inculcate a good panic attack! LOL.....true for me, anyway. It sort of helps me to remind myself that there is probably little to nothing I can actually do about - say - global politics and which countries decide to do what. At least, I don’t think I can. There are just things I have no control over and no input about. I definitely do not watch or listen to news before bed. If I do, then that is a recipe for night terrors for me. Hope this helps.

 

[Blue Sky]

I've never been one to watch the news, however I've been tuning in more often as I feel like som...

Good morning, I read a wonderful book that has been quoted many times in PTSD and abuse books. I highly recommend it. The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. It is very educational and totally worthwhile. The news can totally be triggering and it's good to take a break. I have taken a 25 year break and am still going. I often don't know what is happening till someone tells me but it's amazing how I always find out because so many people talk only about the news. I don't have all the images in my head and am able to stay in my world noticing all the lovely things. I have my own negative news in my head so I don't want more. I also realized I can't do much for people immediately so when I know I send loving thoughts and if financially I can help I do that too. Getting caught up the the gossip cycle of news events does not allow me to function from my highest spiritual self. Focus instead on how lovely you are and breathe deeply. Peace and love to you.

 

[TTC18]

The news actually makes me feel better. It feels like the only thing crazier than my life.

 

[Mach123]

I posted here back in September and I'm still out, I have not gone back to the news. I don't go to the gym anymore so I don't even have to put up with the tvs in the locker rooms having it on. I have PTSD and running the world is not my concern. People wanna pick sides and fight about everything. I don't. I have to control my symptoms and watching the news is like signing up for an anxiety attack. Self harm anyone? Who needs razor blades just turn on the tv.

 

[shimmerz]

I have PTSD and running the world is not my concern.

Completely agree. I remember watching tv when Princess Di was killed and then again when the twin towers were destroyed. It went on for day after day after day after day. Tv. Radio. Newspapers. People at work. People in general.

Way too much for any of us to keep in balance.

 

[Neverthesame]

People wanna pick sides and fight about everything. I don't.

I like to think I chose the third side. I'm letting everyone else fight each other. I'm fighting for me, by staying the hell out of it. Malign media be damned.

If the time comes I really need to worry about something, I'll see it coming from my front door, not my Television. The news is for the birds.

 

[blackemerald1]

I cannot handle the 24/7 news cycle. I think it is bad for society and bad for journalism.

I remember when the twin towers fell. I was up early ..before my young children and was listening to the radio while I got ready for the morning scramble. I heard about it on the radio and flicked on the telly. It was just horrible beyond words. The stations even cancelled the morning cartoons for kids programs to show endless repeats of the footage. I wanted to protect my children from that stuff so the telly was off limits for 2 weeks until they stopped cancelling the children's programs and went back to normal programming.

I think much of what is on the news is not fit for anyone now. Not just children. So I try to catch the weather forecast...I'm hoping to hear that some decent rain is coming to end the drought. But after that I turn it off. None of it is interesting. None of it is good journalism now.